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A -- CONDUCT LONG TERM BASIC RESEARCH FOCUSED ON THE ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGY THRUSTS OF THE NATIONAL ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGY CENTER SOL CAN#JAC-001 DUE 063000 POC Beatrice Morales, Grants Officer, Phone (650) 604-2074, Fax (650) 604-4646, Email bmorales@mail.arc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=21#CAN#J AC-001. E-MAIL: Beatrice Morales, bmorales@mail.arc.nasa.gov. This Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) is a solicitation for proposals for cooperative agreements from U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct basic research focused on technical issues relevant to progress in rotorcraft technology in a concentrated interdisciplinary center format. This program, funded by the U.S. Army and NASA and managed by the National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC) located at NASA Ames Research Center, is intended to support the long-term basic research objectives of the NRTC and establish a significant dual-use technology base from which the military aviation community, NASA and the rotorcraft industry can draw substantial knowledge and capability. The Army and NASA has sustained a successful Rotorcraft Centers of Excellence Program since 1982, and the current program concludes in December 2000. Consequently, the NRTC, at the Army and NASA's request, is planning a new full and open competition to support basic research in this technical area. The Provisions and Special Conditions set forth in the NASA Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook, 14 CFR Part 1274, Section D, are to be incorporated in and made a part of all cooperative agreements. The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. See Note 26. The anticipated release date of this Cooperative Agreement Notice is on or about the date of this synopsis with an anticipated offer due date of June 30, 2000. All qualified responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. An ombudsman has been appointed. See Internet Note "B". The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office Suite (Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, or PowerPoint 4.0) format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The Internet site, or URL, for the NASA/ARC Business Opportunities page is http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin=21 Prospective offerors shall notify this office, by April 28 2000, of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Any referenced notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nasanote.html Posted 04/10/00 (D-SN443088). (0101)

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